Welcome to the New Value

Welcome to the New Value

“To resist change is like holding your breath – if you persist, you will die”. Lao Tsu It seems no style of investing has a more dogmatic, rear-view mirror approach than classic value investing. Even the word “value” is a loaded term that is self-evident, and its...
Welcome to the New Value

The Importance of “E” in P/E

Don’t Fall into a Value Trap!   The core tenet of many value investing strategies is often mean reversion. Simply put, this is when managers bet that bad things will improve – that the poor fundamentals of a company won’t last. During a period of...
Volatility and Lower Prices

Volatility and Lower Prices

The last decade has made that fact easy to forget, but eventually the market will remind us, and may be doing so now.  Volatility is a feature of the markets. If you want the upside, you cannot avoid volatility. If you are positioned to feel no risk, you will also...